Man stabbed downtown near Lollapalooza

A man whose age wasn't available was stabbed downtown outside the Lollapalooza music festival just before 7 p.m., according to the Chicago Fire Department.

According to very preliminary police information, the victim was a man in his early 50s who might have been scalping tickets for the festival.

He was approached by a group of younger men, who attempted to rob the victim. During the attack one of the robbers stabbed the man. Detectives were scouring the big crowds in and around Grant Park for witnesses.